In 1982 with the dismal failure of the Bat, the right side of the Racer was turned backwards and was kept that way until Cedar Fair bought the park and changed it to all forwards in 2007.Ģ007 was also the year that the American Coaster Enthusiasts (more commonly known as ACE) made the Racer a Roller Coaster Landmark during Coaster Con XXX. The park eventually did away with the American color scheme, instead painting the structure white while just keeping the tracks laminated, in a dark brown wood color. The Racer itself has gone through quite the scheme change over the years. Racer was also a guest star in the episode, with the whole Brady family riding it at one point. In its opening year, the park was the main location in one Brady Bunch episode, and helped promote the opening of the park. The Racer concept would be replicated years later in Kings Dominions Rebel Yell , Carowinds Thunder Run, and Six Flags Great America's American Eagle. He died in 1979, but not before providing special calculations and brake design for Kings Island's big woodie, The Beast. John Allen would later improve on the Racer by designing such rides such as Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags over Georgia and Screaming Eagle at Six Flags St. Since then, its remained a Kings Island favorite and a staple ride in the Kings Island ride line up. The red, white and blue Racer started construction in 1971, and in 1972, it debuted with the rest of Kings Island for its inagural season. For the most part, the design is simple, but even so, the impact would be felt throughout America, and eventually, the world. The idea was to improve upon the out and back Shooting Star design with not one, but two tracks, creating the stage for what the ride was named to do. Taft Broadcasting had already had him design two signature rides at Coney Island, the ever popular Shooting Star, and the legendary Wildcat. The legendary coaster designer John Allen was hired to design the ride. However, it was one piviotal coaster that was built that truly brought back the notion that amusement parks were here to stay. What came out is the park we all know as Kings Island. Such an idea came to the minds of those of Taft Broadcasting in southwest Ohio as they sought to move from their Ohio River side location of Coney Island and move. Walt Disney in 1957 brought back the idea introducing Disneyland in California, which sparked a bit of hope into the amusement park industry. Parks like Cedar Point and both Coney Islands struggled to stay alive. Many experienced a period of inactivity or closure due to America's unpopular opinion on amusement parks. Between the Great Depression of the 1930's and the 1960's, not many were willing to build a park from scratch.
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